Technophobia! : Science Fiction Visions of Posthuman Technology

Abstract

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: dreams of techno-heaven, nightmares of techno-hell -- 1. Technology is God: machine transcendence -- 2. Haunted utopias: artificial humans and mad scientists -- 3. Cybernetic slaves: robotics -- 4. Machines out of control: artificial intelligence and androids -- 5. Rampaging cyborgs: bionics -- 6. Infinite cyberspace cages: the internet and virtual reality -- 7. Engineered flesh: biotechnology -- 8. Malevolent molecular machines: nanotechnology -- 9. Technology is a virus: machine plague -- 10. Epilogue: technophobia -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index